A Guide to the H. Gaylen Strunce - Lane High School Band Collection, 1940-1975 MS 732

A Guide to the H. Gaylen Strunce - Lane High School Band Collection, 1940-1975

A Collection in
the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Collection number MS 732

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 296-1492
URL: https://albemarlehistory.org
Email: library@albemarlehistory.org

Processed by: Miranda Burnett

Repository

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Collection number

MS 732

Title

H. Gaylen Strunce - Lane High School Band Collection, 1940-1975

Extent

1 archival box (.1 cubic ft.) .

Creator

H. Gaylen Strunce

Location

Archive Room Shelves

Language

English

Abstract

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

H. Gaylen Strunce - Lane High School Band Collection, MS 732, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This small collection of memorabilia and some correspondence was donated to ACHS by Kelly Morikawa, granddaughter of H. Gaylen Strunce, first director of the Lane High School Band, in May of 2024.

Biographical/Historical Information

Mr. Strunce was born in Iowa in 1915. He studied at the University of Iowa and got his Master of Music Degree from the University of Michigan. In 1940, he came to Charlottesville and founded the Lane High School Band, a position that he held for one year. Throughout his life, he was an advocate of music programs in public schools in the state of Virginia. He died in Winchester, VA in 1997. (See: Handley Notables: Harry Gaylen Strunce, faculty | Winchester Star | winchesterstar.com)

Scope and Content

This collection consists of memorabilia related to the creation of the Lane High School Band.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

f. 1: Accession folder

f. 2: Historical Supplement to McGuffey Reader, 1940 [pamphlet]

f. 3: Lane High School Band First Annual Spring Concert Program, April 21, 1941

f. 4: Lane High School Music Program - correspondence between A. G. Balz (Chairman of City of Charlottesville School Board) and L. H. Peterson (President, Charlottesville Lions Club), 1939-1940

f. 5: Lane High School Band Photographs, 1940-1941

f. 6: The Midway Student, Lane High School Student Newspaper, Vol. XIX, Nos. 5, 8, 9, 10; 1940-1941

f. 7: Strunce, H. Gaylen - Certificate, n.d.

f. 8: News-clippings re: Lane High School Band, 1941,1975, n.d.

Printed Materials:

The Bumblebee, Lane High School (student publication), Vol. 29, No. 1: May 1941; Vol. 36, Nos. 1-2: 1948

Gay Nineties Minstrel Revue, Lane High School, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 31 and April 1, 1941 (Program)

Lane High Band Anniversary Concerts: 15th, 20th, 30th, 35th, 50th (programs)

UVA (Mini) Postcards, n.d.

Oversized materials:

Lane High School and Charlottesville High School [alumni?] Band Photograph, n.d.

National Bureau for the Advancement of Music Award to Lane High School Certificate, 1941 [on the shelf]